Conditions Treated by Board-Certified Gastroenterologists

Explore The Digestive Symptoms We Treat

Morbid Obesity Due to Excess Calories

Understand class 3 obesity, BMI, complex causes, digestive risks, evaluation, weight-loss medicines, procedures, and long-term care.

Muscle loss

Understand muscle loss causes, symptoms, and when to seek medical evaluation for unexplained muscle wasting or weakness.

NAFLD

Understand non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, its symptoms, causes, and when to seek gastroenterology evaluation for liver health.

Neuroendocrine Tumors

Understand neuroendocrine tumor symptoms, hormone effects, common sites, diagnostic testing, grading, treatment, and spread risk.

Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

Learn NASH symptoms, causes, fibrosis risk, cirrhosis warning signs, diagnosis options, lifestyle steps, and when liver specialist evaluation is needed.

Obesity

Understand obesity as a complex metabolic condition affecting digestive health, metabolic function, and overall wellness. Learn about causes, risks, and when to seek care.

Obstruction of Bile Duct

Understand bile duct blockage symptoms, jaundice patterns, causes, imaging, ERCP, treatment options, complications, and emergency warning signs.

Overweight

Learn what overweight means, BMI ranges, common causes, digestive risks, and when to seek medical evaluation for weight-related symptoms.

Pancreatic Cysts

Learn pancreatic cyst symptoms, causes, cancer risk, imaging, EUS testing, warning signs, and when cyst monitoring may be needed.

Pancreatic Divisum

Understand pancreas divisum anatomy, symptom risk, pancreatitis patterns, secretin MRCP, EUS, treatment selection, and urgent warning signs.

Pancreatic Pseudocyst

Understand pancreatic pseudocyst formation, symptoms, imaging, observation, endoscopic drainage, complications, recurrence, and urgent warning signs.

Pancreatitis

Understand acute and chronic pancreatitis, upper abdominal pain patterns, common causes, hospital treatment, complications, and prevention.

Peptic Ulcer Disease

Learn peptic ulcer disease symptoms, H. pylori, NSAID causes, stomach and duodenal ulcers, bleeding signs, endoscopy, and treatment basics.

Perianal Abscess

Understand perianal abscess pain, swelling, drainage, diagnosis, urgent incision and drainage, antibiotic limits, fistula risk, and recovery.

Perianal Fistula

Understand recurring anal boils, drainage, fistula diagnosis, MRI, fistulotomy, seton and sphincter-sparing treatment, recovery, and recurrence risk.

Portal Hypertension

Understand increased portal pressure, silent signs, varices, ascites, low platelets, bleeding risks, diagnostic testing, and urgent complications.

Portal Vein Thrombosis

Understand portal-vein blood clots, silent and acute symptoms, cirrhosis and clotting risks, imaging, portal hypertension, and intestinal complications.

Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

Understand the condition now called primary biliary cholangitis, including itching, fatigue, autoimmune bile-duct injury, diagnosis, fibrosis, and complications.

Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

Understand bile-duct inflammation and scarring, silent disease, IBD links, itching, jaundice, cholangitis, MRCP, strictures, and cancer risks.

Proctalgia Fugax

Learn what causes brief rectal pain, how proctalgia fugax is diagnosed, treatment options, home relief, and warning signs that need evaluation.

Proctitis

Understand rectal inflammation, urgency, tenesmus, bleeding, mucus, infectious and inflammatory causes, diagnosis, treatment, and complications.

Protein-Calorie Malnutrition

Learn protein-calorie malnutrition signs, causes, diagnosis, complications, nutrition treatment, refeeding risks, and when weight loss needs care.

Radiation Proctitis

Learn acute and chronic radiation proctitis symptoms, rectal bleeding causes, diagnosis, treatment options, complications, and urgent warning signs.

Rectal Polyps

Understand rectal polyp types, silent growth, bleeding, cancer risk, colonoscopy, pathology, removal, and surveillance after polypectomy.

Not sure what your symptoms mean?

GastroDoxs can help evaluate recurring digestive symptoms and guide you toward the right testing, treatment, or specialist visit.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What are common gastrointestinal conditions?

Gastrointestinal conditions include acid reflux, IBS, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, celiac disease, constipation, diarrhea, colon polyps, fatty liver disease, and more.

How do I know if I have a digestive disorder?

If you have frequent bloating, abdominal pain, reflux, constipation, diarrhea, rectal bleeding, or symptoms that keep returning, a gastroenterologist can help evaluate the cause.

When should I see a gastroenterologist?

You should see a gastroenterologist for persistent digestive symptoms, blood in stool, unexplained weight loss, severe abdominal pain, trouble swallowing, or ongoing reflux.

What diagnostic tests are used for GI conditions?

Testing may include blood work, stool tests, breath tests, imaging, endoscopy, colonoscopy, liver evaluation, or other GI procedures based on symptoms and risk factors.

Are gastrointestinal conditions hereditary?

Some digestive conditions can run in families, including certain colon cancer risks, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and celiac disease. Lifestyle and environmental factors can also play a role.

How can I prevent digestive problems?

A balanced diet, hydration, regular activity, weight management, stress control, avoiding tobacco, and age-appropriate screening can help reduce digestive health risks.

Conditions We Treat